It's been over 24 hour hours since making up my mind and deciding to join this challenge. I know, nothing like waiting till the last minute! I even knew about it for a few days and felt I needed to ponder the idea. Really? Ponder the idea? Get a grip on things, Lori..... open your eyes. 2 years ago I decided I was tired of making excuses. I was ready to change my life. I set my mind to it and I did it. I'll be damned if it wasn't easy. It was damned hard... but so what. I'm not the same girl I once was. I have confidence. I have drive. I have determination. I know what it takes!
I may not be 100% physically but I make up for that in my motivation and in my determination. I have the heart.... I just have to exercise the will power that I have done in the past. Why is it that it's so easy to wake up at the butt-crack of dawn in the mornings and get in a great work out at the gym before I head in to work yet, it's so hard to stick to a decent "diet"?
I got lazy, I put on some of the weight I took off but I'm tired of it. I may not be able to control what I can/can't do because of limitations due to injury and arthritis, however I can control what I eat. It's time to focus and do better.
When I was working so hard, I had a goal... I was getting ready for my wedding but it seems as soon as that day got here, I used it as an excuse to "loosen the belt" so to speak, I took a little break, I didn't count my calories and tried to "eye-ball" things but one cheat meal turned into two which then turned into 7 cheat meals every week.... It's time to buckle down and get back to that same discipline that I had prior to my wedding just 5 months ago. I am pleased to say that it has been just over 24 hours and I am doing well.
I still need to up my water intake but my food intake has been super..... so..... yay me! I can do this because giving up is simply not an option!